Originally Posted by
Kyboy88
Ok so when they were on a fox track did they open up on one or just flush it when you were going out to hunt fox how far would you let them work seems like I read somewhere that people would use a whistle to call the dog back.if it got to far away and I was wondering two do you see many Weimaraners used over there for all around work seems like every time you here about them over here it is said to be one of the breads that the show crowd destroyed for hunting
Not going to do you much good if your dog and the Fox are out of shotgun range. We often hunted with multiple hunters and multiple dogs. Fox often end up going to ground (into a Den or even a drainage pipe) if they are being chased, they are rarely farther than 500 yards from a den. They are also sneaky and really good at hiding.
Or I find a den and send an earth dog down to flush the Fox out. One way to find a den is to trail (scent dog) a Fox back to it. Contrary to popular belief, Fox use Dens year round, for rearing young and for warmth in the cold months.
A favorite place for Fox is in the large round Hay Bails the farmers leave out. Fox scat and urine around, Dogs pick up on the location easy. Send a Terrier in to flush the Fox. The farmers are really happy to get the Fox out of there, Cattle won't eat Fox urine soaked silage.
I actually got the majority of my Fox by having the Dog find a well used path or Den and setting up an ambush and leaving the dog in the truck.
Around here by far the most popular hunting dog is the German wire hair, second is the short hair, third (lately) has been long hair Pointer or long hair Weimaraner. You also see a few Stichelhaar, kind of a local breed, but an old breed.